Sunday, 23 February 2025

Focus on Green Volt Windfarm

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn (Vargronn)are delivering the pioneering floating offshore wind project, Green Volt Windfarm. Hailed as Europe’s first commercial-scale floating offshore windfarm, Green Volt will deliver electrification and decarbonisation of oil and gas platforms and deliver power to the UK grid, benefitting UK consumers and industry.

Nine new offshore wind farms were secured this year (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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3 September 2024 Leading offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn today announce that their pioneering floating offshore wind project, Green Volt, has...

The project will be built off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire (Ben Birchall/PA)
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